Reformatting Fat Partitions; Initializing Sd Cards - Tascam DP-008EX Owner's Manual

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11 – SD Card Management

Reformatting FAT partitions

You can also reformat just the FAT partition. The size
of the FAT partition cannot be changed.
CAUTION
You cannot undo this operation! All data on the
FAT partition will be erased, so be certain that you
will not lose anything important when refor-
matting.
When the recorder is stopped, press the MENU
1.
button to open the
Use the DATA wheel to select (highlight) the
2.
item, and press the F4 [t] button to open
CARD
the
screen.
CARD
3.
Use the DATA wheel to select (highlight) the
item, and press the F4 [t] button.
REFORMAT
A pop-up message warning that all data on the
FAT partition will be erased appears.
4.
Press the F3 [YES] button to reformat the FAT
partition.
NOTE
When reformatting finishes the
reopens.
To cancel reformatting, press the F4 [NO] button.
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screen.
MENU
menu screen
CARD

Initializing SD cards

If you want to use an SD card that was used with this
unit to other equipment, we recommend that you
initialize it.
When you initialize an SD card, the entire card is
formatted as FAT32.
When the recorder is stopped, press the MENU
1.
button to open the
Use the DATA wheel to select (highlight) the
2.
item, and press the F4 [t] button to open
CARD
the
CARD
Use the DATA wheel to select (highlight) the
3.
INITIALIZE
FAT
A pop-up message warning that all data on the
card will be erased appears.
Press the F3 [YES] button to initialize the entire
4.
SD card and format it in FAT32 format.
NOTE
To cancel initialization, press the F4 [NO] button.
After initializing an SD card, it must be formatted
again to be used with this unit. (See "Formatting
SD cards" on page 72.)
screen.
MENU
screen.
item, and press the F4 [t] button.
SD

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